POEM: When You Have Read This Letter
Steve Babb's poem is written for the men incarcerated at Stewart Detention Center, where 57 total cases of COVID-19 have been reported - and 1 death.
Steve Babb's poem is written for the men incarcerated at Stewart Detention Center, where 57 total cases of COVID-19 have been reported - and 1 death.
"While the United States continues to detain nearly 30,000 immigrants in detention each day, it is possible to abolish immigration detention not in a matter of decades, but in a matter of months."
"Detention at Yuba is cruel and inhumane, it deserves attention and justice."
"I can also see the ambulance several times in the day and the detainees ... that they are taking are no longer returning."
"Thanks to ICE we are now exposed to the virus."
FFI's report clearly demonstrates that actions deliberately taken by ICE are helping to spread the virus both inside and outside detention facilities.
A man calls from the IAH Detention Facility in TX with reports of crowded conditions, no social distancing - and people suffering from fevers and coughs.
Had Santiago Baten-Oxlaj, who was granted voluntary departure 2 months ago, been quickly released, he might still be alive today.
Now is the time to act and be on the right side of history. We must free detained and incarcerated people in Georgia before it is too late.